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What Is Sound?

The answers are: 1. 20 2. Audible 3. Ultrasonic 4. Infrasonic 5. Ear

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What Is Sound?

The answers are: 1. 20 2. Audible 3. Ultrasonic 4. Infrasonic 5. Ear

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What is sound?

CAN YOU HEAR ME?


by: Jaypee Kadalem Balera

Sounds are everywhere


They are different, you can compare
From one medium they are there
Some of them are nice to hear
Sounds have different
speeds
Depends on the medium its
velocity indeed
Some are slow but some are
fast if you believe
They travel in gas, liquid
and also in solid
If you hear them loud
It’s amplitude makes it
like sound of a crowd
The distance of crest or
trough
Makes the beauty that is
true
If it seems the sound is close
or away
Wavelength will tell you how
far its way
Just hear to make them stay
To understand them clear of
what they say
The beauty of sound goes around
Appreciate the gift that
makes them bound
Remember that sound
make us bond
Vibration is the cause that
produces sound
1. Do sounds vary
in speed? If yes,
how?
2. How does the
poem define
amplitude?
3. How does the
poem define
wavelength?
4. How does
sound produce?
How are sound
waves produced
and transmitted?
When we talk, it is observed that
our vocal chords vibrate. The
vibrations make us produce a
variety of sounds. Vibration can
either be to-and-fro or back-and-
forth. It is a disturbance that
travels through different media.
This movement travels from
our ears and is interpreted by
our brain. Sound waves are
longitudinal waves are
classified as mechanical
waves because it needs a
medium in order to propagate.
Sound waves can
travel in different
medium such as
solid, liquid and
gas.
Figure 1: States of m atter
The table shows the
speed of sound in
different media.
SPEED OF SOUND
MATERIALS
v (m/s)
Air (0ºC) 331
He (0ºC) 1005
H (20ºC) 1300
Water 1440
Seawater 1560
Iron and Steel 5000
Aluminum 5100
Characteristics
of Sound
1. Wavelength
2. Amplitude
3. Velocity
Let’s do Activity1.

My Own Sounding
Box.
Q1. What physical signs
did you observe when you
plucked each rubber band.
Did you hear any sound?
What produced the sound?
The rubber bands vibrate
when plucked and sound
could be heard. Sound is
produced by vibration of
the rubber band.
Q2. How different are the
s

sounds produced by each


rubber band with different
thickness?
The
s sound produced by each
rubber band is different from the
others. The thinner the rubber
band, the louder the sound
produced. The thicker the
rubber band, the lower the tone.
Q3. Are there changes in
the note when you plucked
the stretched band?
When the rubber bands
are stretched the plucked,
the pitch increases.
Q4. Highest note- thinnest
Lowest note- thickest
Sound waves can
travel in different
medium such as
solid, liquid and
gas.
Figure 1: States of m atter
The table shows the
speed of sound in
different media.
SPEED OF SOUND
MATERIALS
v (m/s)
Air (0ºC) 331
He (0ºC) 1005
H (20ºC) 1300
Water 1440
Seawater 1560
Iron and Steel 5000
Aluminum 5100
Other factors that
affect the speed of
sound
1. Atmospheric
pressure- caused by
the weight of the
atmosphere.
2. Relative humidity- the
amount of water vapor
present in air expressed as
a percentage of the amount
needed for saturation at the
same temperature.
3. Atmospheric
temperature- a measure of
temperature at different
 By many

levels of Earth’s
atmosphere. It is governed
by many factors such as
solar radiation, humidity
Properties of
Sound
1. Pitch- refers to the
highness or lowness of
sound.
2. Loudness- refers to how
soft or how intense the sound
is as perceived by the ear and
interpreted by the brain
which depends on amplitude
of the sound waves.
Characteristics
of Sound
1. Wavelength
2. Amplitude
3. Velocity
4. Frequency
5. Period
6. Phase
1. Wavelength is the
distance between two
consecutive crests or
troughs of a wave.
2. Amplitude-is the
height of the wave. It
describes the energy
carried by a wave.
3. Velocity- refers to
the rate of change in
direction.
4. Frequency- the
number of waves that
passing by in every 1
second.
5. Period- is the time
requires for one
complete cycle of the
wave to pass by a
point.
6. Phase- specifies the
location or timing of a
point within a wave
cycle of a repetitive
waveform.
Figure 3: Relationship of pitch with frequency
Figure 4: Relationship of amplitude and loudness
A. .

B.

C .

D.
incus
stapes
malleus

pinna

inner ear

( cochlea )

ear drum middle ear

( tympanic membrane )
Ultrasonic frequency
has a vibrational
frequency beyond
20000 Hz.
Infrasonic frequency-
extremely low
frequencies below 20
Hz.
Source of sound LEVEL (dB)
Jet engine, 30 m 140
away
Amplified rock music 115
Normal conversation 60
Library 40
Close whisper 20
Normal breathing 10
Quiz time
1. The response of the
human ear is limited to a
range of frequencies of
about _______ to 20, 000
Hz.
2. These frequencies
are referred to as
_______ frequencies
or sonic frequencies.
3. Vibrational
frequencies beyond
20,000 Hz are called
______ frequencies.
4. Extremely low
frequencies are
known as _______
frequencies.
5. The human ____ is
not capable of
detecting ultrasonic or
infrasonic sound.

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